Thanks for reply, Guy. Eugene
> -----Original Message----- > From: Guy Smith [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 1:18 PM > To: 'Eugene C. Braig IV'; 'Lute Net' > Subject: RE: [LUTE] Re: Anyone see Crawford Young's concert? > > That's what I get for trusting my memory. I located my notes, and it was a > nylon G string, which makes more sense. AFAIK, the feather was just a > decoration. As for detailed reasons, you'd best direct your question to > Crawford. FWIW, he might well be on the faculty again at the 2010 LSA (not > sure if they are that far along yet). > > Guy > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf > Of Eugene C. Braig IV > Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 9:43 AM > To: 'Lute Net' > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Anyone see Crawford Young's concert? > > An E string (wire-wound multifilament) or e' string (rather limp nylon > monofilament)? What is the advantage of attaching real feather? As a > routine user of plectra and quills (both natural and synthetic), this > approach all seems a bit weird to me. > > Eugene > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of Guy Smith > > Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 10:48 AM > > To: 'Stuart Walsh'; 'Lute Net' > > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Anyone see Crawford Young's concert? > > > > IIRC, from his 2008 class at LSA, it's a guitar E string or a similar > > length > > of nylon, with a bit of feather attached. He talked about using real > > feathers, but they tend to break down fairly quickly. > > > > Guy > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf > > Of Stuart Walsh > > Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 5:36 AM > > To: Lute Net > > Subject: [LUTE] Anyone see Crawford Young's concert? > > > > Crawford Young gave a concert last night in London. I couldn't get to > it. > > > > I'd be very interested to know anything about the polyphonic stuff with > > psaltery and harp - like what instrument did what? And no percussion in > > this? > > > > And - if anyone was sharp-eyed enough - what was he using as a plectrum? > > (Crawford Young uses a bit of guitar string or the floppy end of a > > feather for a plectrum, evidently!) > > > > > > Stuart > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
